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December 24th, 2024
Last Chances For the First Race
Road runners will begin the year 2025 on 5 January at the Adana Liberation Half Marathon. Entries are open until 29 December.
Organised since 2011, Adana Liberation Half Marathon will again be the first event to host the road runners in the new year. The event, set to celebrate its 15th edition, includes a 10km race as well as a public run. The registration page and detailed information on the event are available on http://adanakurtulusmaratonu.adana.bel.tr. Entries will close on Sunday evening, 29th of December.
The winners of the 15th Adana Liberation Half Marathon will collect 70 thousand Turkish Liras while the 10km winners pocket 18 thousand TL each. There is also a prize purse for the master runners from 35 years of age up to over 80. Timing services in the races will be provided by Depar Timing.
The half marathon was dominated by the African athletes in the past 14 editions. Kenyan men won the race eight times while Turkish athletes earned the honours in three editions, followed by two wins of Moroccans and one time by Ethiopia. On the women’s side, Kenya bagged seven titles, with Turkiye three, Ethiopia two, Morocco and Bahrein one each. Men’s race record is held by Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego with 1:00:46 that is standing from 2016, and the women’s record was set by his compatriot Diana Kipyokei in 2018 with a time of 1:08:42.
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September 17th, 2024
Depar Timing Hits the Roads
Offering its services not only in Türkiye but also abroad, Depar will measure three events in Romania and Croatia in one month.
The organisers of the Brasov Running Festival, who have been utilising the services of Depar Timing since the inauguration of the event, entrusted Depar Timing once again with timing their events on 21-22 September 2024. The first day in Brasov will start with the kids and youth age groups in 800m, 1200m and 3km, followed by the World Athletics Label Europen-only Road Mile. Sunday will see the recreational runners racing over a 5km distance. The Festival will end with the World Athletics Elite Label Trunsylvania 10km, the flagship of the event. Depar Timing will be facilitating the time measurement in all races as well as providing the TV graphics. Detailed information on the Brasov Running Festival is available at www.brasovrun.ro.
The multinational Depar Timing team will move to Croatia a week later. Timing services at the Losinj Half Marathon, the most significant sporting event of the Losinj Island that sits on a 75 thousand square kilometres area, will be provided by Depar Timing. The event incorporate a 10km race as well as a 5km public run. The website of the Losinj Half Marathon at http://ak-losinj.hr/half-marathon-losinj displays further information on the races.
Zagreb Marathon, to be held on 13 October, is the next stop for Depar Timing. Depar timers will face a busy work schedule in the Croatian capital. While the Marathon celebrates its 32nd edition, a half marathon, a 10km, and a 4x10km relay race will be timed on the day. Full information on the event can be reached at www.zagreb-marathon.com/en.
Having served in nine countries on three continents since 2006, Depar Timing proved a reliable partner to the Romanian and Croatian organisers. The results from previous years can be checked at the “Past events” section on this website.
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August 31th, 2024
Tour Entrusted to Depar Again
Having been upgraded to a higher category after last year’s success, the Tour of Istanbul will again be timed by Depar Timing.
Inaugurated in 2023, the Tour of Istanbul secured a spot in the 2024 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Calendar, classified as a 2.1 race thanks to its organisational quality. The timing services for the four-stage event, scheduled for 12-15 September this year, will be provided by Depar Timing as the previous edition. Leading the sector with its 18 years of experience, Depar Timing will serve this large-scale event with a multinational team.
The Tour will start with the 154.2km Çatalca-Çatalca stage on 12 September and will be followed by the 130.3km Şile-Şile and the 113.8km Beykoz-Polonezköy stages on 13 and 14 September respectively. In the last stage, that is to be an intercontinental ride on Sunday, 15th of September, the cyclists will start from Yenikapı to cross the bridge to the Asian part of the city, pedal on Bagdat Caddesi, and head back to Yenikapı through the Avrasya Tunnel, finishin a 83.6km distance to complete the Tour.
Detailed information on the Tour of Istanbul, where 23 teams from 15countries are expected to participate, can be found at www.tourofistanbul.com.tr/en.
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June 20th, 2024
Time For Water Sports
Water Sports Festival, one of the latest traditions of summer months in Istanbul, is set to take place on 28-30 June this year.
Organised by Spor Istanbul, the Festival includes water polo and sailing events as well as open water swimming races where the timing services are provided by Depar Timing. Water polo matches will be hosted by Burgazada Adalar Water Sports Club while the sailing events will be held at Heybeliada Water Sports Club. The 1.5km open water swimming race in Maltepe on Saturday, June 29th will be followed by the 2.5km race in Büyükada on Sunday, June 30th.
Detailed information about the Water Sports Festival can be found at https://spor.istanbul/su-sporlari-festivali.
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March 11th, 2024
Legendary Athlete Honoured
Depar Timing gave support to the race held in the name of Şükrü Saban, one of the legendary names of Turkish athletics.
Odunpazarı Municipality, the organiser of the event, brought together Şükrü Saban, who will celebrate his 86th birthday in four days, with the athletes of his time and the young generation. Saban, nine times national champion in 10000 meters between 1960 and 1969 and eight-time winner of the Great Atatürk Run during the same years, gave the start of the races together with Odunpazarı Mayor Kazım Kurt and his fellow athletes.
While timing was done manually in the Şükrü Saban Road Race, which was limited to a total of 500 participants, support services were provided by Depar Timing.
